Patents by Inventor Bruce J. Barrows

Bruce J. Barrows has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9690530
    Abstract: A computer method and system to allow reconciliation of documents that were originally part of a first mail production job, but that may have been produced as part of a different second mail production job. A database stores a first record that identifies documents in the first mail production job. The record includes one or more fields indicating a production status of the documents in the first mail production job. At some point in the production process, a document is separated from what was originally defined as the first mail production job, to be instead produced as part of a second mail production job. The database further stores a second record identifying documents in the second mail production job. These records are updated to include a pointer indicating the relationship between the document and the first mail production job and the second mail production job. During mail production the production status of a document is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Susan L Chapin, Eugene Pritchard, Bruce J Barrows, Srikanth V Dasamandam
  • Publication number: 20100169138
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the status of documents created by a large scale document production and management processes. The production and management process may be comprised of a plurality of different stages including: utilizing a print stream to generate the documents, printing documents on a printer in accordance with the print stream, and forming completed mail pieces on an inserter from the printed documents in accordance with mail piece creation data files. A monitoring system receives information regarding the status of individual documents within these production and management process stages. A user may then select one of the stages for closer inspection of the status of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Surya R. Sagi, Willian G. Hart, JR., Bruce J. Barrows
  • Patent number: 7567941
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the status of documents created by a large scale document production and management process. The production and management process may be comprised of a plurality of different stages including: utilizing a print stream to generate the documents, printing documents on a printer in accordance with the print stream, and forming completed mail pieces on an inserter from the printed documents in accordance with mail piece creation data files. A monitoring system receives information regarding the status of individual documents within these production and management process stages. A user may then select one of the stages for closer inspection of the status of documents. For the selected stage, status of individual documents is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Surya R. Sagi, William G. Hart, Jr., Bruce J. Barrows